Tim Zee<p>Saturday is the 90th anniversary of the birth of Carl Sagan. 🎂<br>He's best known as an astronomer, author, and documentary presenter. But I consider him to be a philosopher of reason. His clear-mindedness and logic are needed more than ever these days.<br>I'm attatching an excerpt from his book The Demon-Haunted World. It's from a chapter called "The Fine Art of Baloney Detection". Save it, share it, and use it! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaloneyDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaloneyDetection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reason</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDemonHauntedWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDemonHauntedWorld</span></a></p>